Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme Debate

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Department: Home Office

Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme

Lord Kilclooney Excerpts
Wednesday 20th July 2022

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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I can assure the noble Lord that the new system will not be switched on and up and running until there is that user confidence in it, which goes to his point.

Lord Kilclooney Portrait Lord Kilclooney (CB)
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My Lords, why is the system restricted to Great Britain and not extended to the nation as a whole?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford (Con)
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I do not know the answer to that question. I have been focusing on England and Wales, but I shall get an answer to the noble Lord.